On Health Care, Who Needs Congress?
Prescription drugs being prepared for shipping at an OptumRX plant in Carlsbad, Calif. Credit J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times Regardless of whether Congress enacts health care reform, the private sector isn’t waiting. Health care for our employees is too expensive, and the employer-based system must be reformed. More Americans — 146 million people, or 57 percent of the country — get health insurance through their employers than they do through Medicare or Medicaid, ea